Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

Sharon La Cruise has worked in television and film for 15 years, both in the corporate and production aspects of the business. She began her television career with ABC Primetime sales, working closely with the account executives and advertising agencies. Sharon has worked for The Faith Project, Blackside Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, the 1996 Summer… Show more Olympic Games, and the Cable News Network (CNN). Her credits include: This Far By Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys; The Life of Zora Neale Hurston; and CNN's Through the Lens, The Road to the White House and The Planetary Police. She has a B.A. in history from Adelphi University, and a M.A. degree in television journalism from New York University. Show less

Noland Walker is a writer and producer of documentary films. He wrote and co-produced Citizen King, a film that aired on American Experience; Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple, which premiered on Frontline; and Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution. He produced and directed the second episode of the Peabody… Show more Award-winning documentary series Africans in America. He has worked as a script reader, writer, associate producer, and editor in commercial and public television. His previous production credits include Eyes on the Prize II, America’s War on Poverty, Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Science, HBO’s First Look, and ABC’s long running sitcom series Coach. Show less